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Dahronlurth Colleges. 


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Thursday Evening, Dec. 23d, 1869. 


OF THE 
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 


J M, W. Jones, Stationer, 108 & 110 Randolph Sh 


‘DER WACHTELSCHLAG,” - - - Chorus for Two Sopranos and Alto, by Hering. 


The Students. 


“MATER DOLOROSA,” - - = = 3 = = - - 2 - Latin Canticle. 


Mast. Wm. Dyhrenfurth. 


“BATTLE OF FLODDEN,” - - - ae -  -  -  -  - English Recitation. 


Miss L. Plows. 


“THE THREE WARNINGS,” - .- - - - - - - - English Recitation. 


Mast. Victor Henrotin. 


“THE DJINNS,”’ - - - - =) lipase - - - - English Declamation. 


Miss Virginia Crone. 


‘TELL ME, YE WINGED WINDS,” - - - - - - Concerted Declamation. 


Toung Ladies’ Seminary. 


“MINNA VON BARNHELM,” - - - ~ Original German Comedy, by Lessing. 


Misses V. Crone and L. Brachvogel, and Musters W. Dyhrenfurth, Claussenius, 
Jaeger and Heunisch. 


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INTERMEZZO, - - - - - - - Trio for three voices, by Prof. Emil Rein. 
“MINNA VON BARNHELM,” = 0 oe AP eke Pe eat eat hte Sie 

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IPT EH POLISH BUY Vie fan a ee 8 et - - - -  - English Recitation. 


Miss Emily Buckley. 
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‘“PYRAMUS AND THISBE,” - - - - - - - - English Recitation. 


Mast. Fred. Edler. 


‘KEUGENE ARAM,” - - - - - - - - - - English Declamation. 


Miss Mary Buckley. 


“THE FALLS OF LODORE,” - = - 2 - 2 Concerted Declamation. 


The Students of the High Sehool. 


“IN THE FOREST,” - - . - : - Chorus for mixed voices, by Mendelsohn. 


The Students. 


Semi-Annual Public Examination. 


The usual half-yearly examination has extended throughout the last week and has bee 
conducted almost wholly in writing. A Board of Examiners, consisting of some of the most 
distinguished literary gentlemen in the city, have kindly supervised the arrangements and have 
examined the papers written. Appended are their general «nd specific reports, to which th: 
attention of the public is respectfully directed. : 


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DYHRENFURTH CoLLEGE, 116 & 118 RANDOLPH ST., t 
Chicago, December 2st, 1869. 

We, the undersigned, have visited at the Dyhrenfurth Colleges during the course of their 
late written examination, and have great pleasure in certifying our conviction of the perfect | 
fairness with which it has been conducted in the classes we have respectively examined. The 
examination has embraced the entire range of their sessional studies, and its result affords the 
best possible proof of the completeness and intelligence with which these subjects, many of 
them of no small difficnlty, have been grasped and comprehended by the students. But few 
Institutions could have passed so successfully through so fall and exhaustive an ordeal, and the | 


results are equally creditable to professors and students. 
WM. BROSS, 
Latin Classes. 
E. COLBERT, 
Classes in Astronomy and Physical Science, 
E. SCHLA EGER, 
German Classes. 


LEANDER STONE. 
Mathematical Classes, 


Exe cn ED. CARREY. 
} nae, " VicE CoNSUL DE FRANCE. 
ee et et French Classes. 


I have visited at the Dyhrenfurth College during the late written Public Examination, and~ 
having personally inspected that of the 1st and 2d Classes in Latin, I have great pleasure in 
stating my entire satisfiction at the completeness of the method pursued and the high 
degree of proficiency thereby displayed. The first class, in an oral examination, showed a 
thorough acq'1aintance with the grammar and structure of the Latin language, and tratislated 
promptly and correctly several passages in Virgil, selected at random from their half-ye:ir’s work. 
Their written papers were even superior, consisting of the translation of two Jong and difficult 
passages from the Fifth Book and questions in parsing,—the construction being critically correct, 
elegant and terse, the language well chosen, and adhering as closely to the original as due 
regard to good English would permit. The second class, although by no meansas far advanced, 
showed a thorough acquaintance wlth the accidence and elementary princip'es which have 
engaged their attention during the session. WM. BROSS. 


In accordance with your request, I spent some time during each day of last week in 
attending the semi-annual examinations in the institution over which you preside, and atten- 
tively watched the examination of several of the classes. I beg leave to report the following 
as the result of my observations: 

The High School Class in Physical Geography was well tested. About thirty-five ques- 
tions were given orally, which each student was expected to answer in writing. The great ma- 
jority of the pupils answered every question, and in a manner which was both correct and 
concise, evincing a good degree of acquaintance with the subject, while the variety in the | 
different responses to the same query sufficiently showed that the pupils had thought about the | 
matter and were not blindly using the language of a text book. 

The High School Class in Astronomy, numbering thirty pupils, was examined in a similiar 
way, and with an equally satisfactory result. The pupils showed that most of them wnderstood 
the changing phenomena of seasons and star-positions, as produced by the diurnal rotation and 
annual revolution of the earth—which is rarely comprehended, even by adults, though lying at 
the foundation of astronomical knowledge. Their teaching has evidently been both careful 
and thorough. ; 

The two classes in Natural Science, (ladies and boys,) were more elementary than the two 
preceding, but the exercises were equally full of interest. The constitution of the atmosphere 
and its leading meteorological phenomena were the subjects of the questions, and the majority 
of the answers were very satisfactory. 


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In reference to these three classes, I may observe that the written answers show very few 
errors, either in orthography or syntax. The spelling of the *thard words” is equally correct 
vith that of the more simple. I consider this mode of examination to be the best; it is so 
searching and so complete that the student mwst exhibit the exact degree of his.or her pro- 
ficiency in ench branch. The almost uniform correctness of the responses to the questions 
proves that the course of study here pursued will be lastingly beneficial: as a thing that is once 
properly learned is never fo: gotten. 

My attention was also called to the exercises of a young ladies’ class, and of a boys’ class 
in Etymology, and Derivative Spelling. Iregard this as one of the most valuable features of 
your course, and am glad to know that you give an unusual amount of attention to teaching 
| the true meaning of words, and the reason why. One half of the disputes in the world arise 
simply through misapprehensions of meaning—the first and wecond persons (Land you) attach- 
| ing different significations to the same word or phrase. The examivcatious of those classes 

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showed that the pupils have already made good progress in learning the right use of words, and 
in the process of thonght-building, which inevitably accompanies that of verbal derivation. 


Resnectfully, E. COLBERT, 
e Chicago Tribune. 


| J have examined the papers written by the Ist, 2d and 3d Classes in French at their late 
| public examination, and have much pleasure in expressing my satisfaction at the degree of 
efficiency therein displayed. It would be invidious to make any comparisons between these 
classes, but, in view of the very short time durmg which they each have studied the French 
language, I consider the progress the<e papers evince highly creditable to themselves and the 


Institution. ED. CARREY, 
Vice Consul de France. . 


| Having had the pleasure of inspecting the written results of the semi-annual examination 

| at Prof. Dyhrenfurth’s Collegiate Institute, of the following named classes,—ist Ladies’ Polit- 

ical Geography, 3d Boys’ Political Geography, 4th Boys’ Political Geography, 3d Composition 

| and Grammar, 3d Spelling, and Ladies’ History, Spelling and Grammar, I cheerfully certify to 

a 4 the average high order of excellence and proficiency which they indicate. Considering the age 

| of the pupils, the wide range of topics, and the absolute impartiality of the method, the papers 

show a thoroughness of instruction and a closeness of application which are remarkable. The 

instructors in each branch seem to have the happy faculty of conveying knowledge in a form 
that will ensure its permanent retention. H. R. HOBART, 

| City Editor, Chicago Evening Post. 


| The result of the examination of the classes in German at the Dyhrenfurth Collese wag 
in a high degree satisfactory, especially when taking into consideration the peculiar difficulties 
of acquiring the Geiman language thoronghly in this country The degree of excellence 
| evinced is such as, in the comparatively short space of time which has been devoted to the 
study by most of the students, could onty have been attained by a faithful application, and the 
utmost assiduity. 

While in the lower classes. etymology and syntax have been thoroughly taught, the higher 
show a remarkalle freedom from orthographical and syntactical errors. as well as from Angh- 
cisms aud American idioms: Jn all classes, the analysis of the sentences proves a thorouzvh 
acquaintance with the grammatical structure of the language, as far as their studies have 
ext-nded, EK. SCHLAEGER, 

Litinois Staats Zeitung. 


Lhave examined, with considerable care, the written examination papers of the classes in 
Mathematics belonging to the Dyhrenfurth Classica! College and Ladies’ Seminary, which have 
been prepared during the past week, and it aflords me great pleasure to say that, in orderly 
errangemecut, neatness and accuracy, they are remarkably perfect, and indicate the most satis- 
factory progress in the several studies on the part of the pupils themselves. The examination 
—. Iwas evidently perfectly lair, and was a good criterion of the skill of the students. Considering 

| the age of the pupils, it would be difficult to find those who could successfully compete with 
| them. LEANDER STONE, © 
Chicago Times. 


{ We, the undersigned ladies. having inspected the different specimens of needlework * 
\ exhibited by the student- of the Dyhrenfurth Ladies’ Seminary, beg 10 express our unqualified i 
A satisfaction at the progress the young ladies of the several classes have made during the past 
| term under the able tuition of Miss Absendorff. 
We also take the opportunity of expressing our pleasure at finding so important a branch 
, Of ayoung ladies’ education so carefully tanght at the above named institution 
MRS. MATHILDE GEUDTNER, ¥ 
“+ AMALIA SCHLOESSER, ‘ 
W. d, PLOWS, id 
* HENRIETTE @EVERS. : 


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